New Archbishop of Paris performs his First Duties at Blessing of the Capital -- The crowd in front of the Sacre Coeur church during the ceremony of blessing the capital. Cardinal Suhard, the new archbishop of Paris, performed his first pastoral acts as archbishop when he officiated at a service in the famous church of the Sacre Coeur in Paris, in the course of which he blessed the French capital and offered it up for the protection of the scared heart. July 01, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press